Since I graduated from college, I have been working steadily on learning theory and gaining practice in implementing a variety of visual effects techniques. I read books containing theory, namely Matchmoving: The Invisible Art of Camera Tracking by Tim Dobbert, and The Art and Science of Digital Compositing: 2nd Edition by Ron Brinkmann, I read manuals of software, I watched tutorials from the internet, I shot plates with my Canon HV20, and used shots from previous projects such as The Trouble with Unicorns. 8 Months later I now have a reel of content that is entirely new from when I graduated college, and have advanced my skill level significantly compared to what I was capable of then. However, I am still a fledgling and am excited to learn more, hopefully while being paid some small amount of money, so I can continue to pay rent and buy nutrients to survive.
Most of these little projects are primarily technical experiments, which serve to demonstrate a skill, and which provided me with some much needed experience. Therefore they are significantly lacking in any sort of conceptual and creative capacities, which are so essential to good work. However, competency applies much more than creativity in a junior level rotoscoping job. Don’t worry, I feel a boiling of creative output gearing up to burst forth sometime in the next 1-5 years.
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